Label-holder.



No. 672,|58. Patented Apr. 16, l90l. T. AWDRY.

LABEL HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov. 26, 1900.)-

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS AWDRY, OF CORSHAM, ENGLAND.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,158, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed November 26, 1900. Serial No. 37,814. (No model.)

To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS AWDRY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Corsham, in the county of Wiltshire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Label or Ticket Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention consists of improvements in or relating to label or ticket holders.

For purposes of illustration I will describe my invention as applied to a luggage-label, although, of course, it will be readily understood that there are numerous other uses to which my invention might be applied. Iprovide a casing or holder of suitable material adapted to carry a surface upon which an address may be written or other required informationfor instance, the name of the individual, his address, the station from which he started, and the time of departure of the train-and the writing of this information upon the surface aforesaid will produce one or more duplicates through the medium of carbon-paper or other suitable tracing arrangement. The passenger Will be able to retain one of these duplicates, and another will be handed to the station-master, porter, or other oflicial for initialing, or the initialing may take place before the duplicates are removed from the case or holder.

For purposes of illustration I will refer to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation showing my invention; Fig. 2, an end elevationof same; Fig. 3, an end view of modified arrangement, showing clip; Fig. 4, a sectional side elevation of a further modified form; Fig. 5, a plan view of same.

I provide a casing or holder 0., formed of suit-- able material, upon the outer surface of which an address or other required information may be written, duplicates being obtained through the medium of carbonpaper or any other suitable duplicating arrangement. The casing or holder at has a flange c on three sides for the retention of the materials carried, the end b being shaped and bent, as shown, for the purpose of easily withdrawing the required sheets from the casing or holder 01.. The whole may be attached to the required object by means of the spring-clip e or by any other suitable arrangement,such as bya string or the like, to the ring d. In Fig. 4 Iprovide a band j, carried upon a roller h, which passes over the required number of duplicate sheets, a hinged frame f, pivoted at 'i, being provided for the purpose of clipping the band aforesaid, and this hinged frame f may have a serrated or toothed surface It, fixed at the upturned end n for the purpose of cutting the band j, the whole being inclosed in the easing g.

In the case of a trunk the device may be carried at a suitable part thereof or may be fitted into a recess adapted to receive it, and the pivoted top or frame piece f may be locked in its closed position in any convenient manner, such as by the projection l, which may contain an eyelet or what is known as a hasp, being secured by the locking device m. The passenger,after the address has been written upon the surface of the band 3', will be able to retain a duplicate thereof.

Although I have described the manner of carrying out my invention, it must be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details of the uses thereof which have been foreshadowed.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In label or ticket holders, a casing having a pivoted lid in combination with duplicating-surfaces carried in said casing, said casing being attached or recessed in a trunk or other object, a serrated or toothed surface upon said lid for marking or perforating the removable band or bands at the desired point, a hasp or fastening attached to the pivoted lid aforesaid, a lock for securing said lid through the medium of the hasp aforesaid of any suitable form all in combination and substantially as described and illustrated herein. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of August, 1900.

THOMAS AWDRY.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN CLARK, J OHN NEWTON. 

